17:28, 8 January, 2022
YEREVAN, 8 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 8 January, USD exchange rate stood at 482.79 drams. EUR exchange rate stood at 546.28 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate stood at 6.38 drams. GBP exchange rate stood at 654.37 drams.
The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.
Gold price stood at 27774.39 drams. Silver price stood at 345.29 drams. Platinum price stood at 15009.83 drams.
The Azerbaijani side stated its position and is ready to start the process of creating a working group on delimitation and demarcation of the border with Armenia, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said during a press conference following the results of 2021.
"The agenda includes issues of unblocking communications, delimitation and demarcation of borders, as well as issues of normalizing relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia. In addition, the priority task is to restore the liberated territories of Azerbaijan. In this process, we are faced with challenges and threats, in particular, because of the large number of mines," he said.
Bayramov noted that Azerbaijan will apply to international courts on a number of conventions in the near future. "These are conventions on the damage caused to the ecology and the environment in the territories liberated from occupation, as well as on the illegal use of energy resources and natural resources," the minister said.
Speaking about taking practical steps to fulfill the points of the trilateral statement, Bayramov noted that the Azerbaijani state, expressing its position, carried out work in this direction within the framework of existing platforms, as well as platforms created for this purpose in 2021.
“The main priority of foreign policy is the development of relations both in bilateral and multilateral formats and in the context of the new realities that have arisen after the 44-day second Karabakh war,” he said.
16:24,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and First Lady Nune Sarkissian visited the Yerablur military cemetery in Yerevan to pay tribute to the fallen troops of the Artsakh war. They laid flowers at the graves of the soldiers and observed a moment of silence.
The President also laid flowers at the graves of assassinated Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, military commanders Monte Melkonyan and Andranik Ozanyan.
17:16,
YEREVAN, 29 DECEMBER, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 29 December, USD exchange rate up by 0.52 drams to 478.64 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 1.90 drams to 539.91 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.01 drams to 6.50 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 0.98 drams to 641.95 drams.
The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.
Gold price up by 30.18 drams to 27779.56 drams. Silver price up by 0.38 drams to 348.78 drams. Platinum price up by 16.23 drams to 14942.36 drams.
I am certain that Armenia won’t build its relations with Turkey at the expense of the interests of the nation. This is what High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs under the Prime Minister of Armenia Zareh Sinanyan said today.
According to him, even though normal relations with neighbors arises from Armenia’s security, those relations must not be built at the expense of the honor, future and identity of the nation. “Until this moment, I haven’t seen any sign that Armenia has been in a process with Turkey that has been at the expense of our national issues and the history of our nation.
I won’t be able to convince Armenians abroad to support the process of normalization of relations with Turkey, if the latter overlooks certain facts and truths that it is obliged to acknowledge, if we want to have normal relations,” he stated.
Doha: The Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received Armen Sarkissian, President of the Republic of Armenia, at the Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Majlis at the Amiri Diwan, today morning, December 9, 2021.
During the meeting, they reviewed the relations of cooperation between the two countries and aspects of their support and development in various fields, in addition to discussing a number of issues of common interest.
The meeting was attended by a number of Their Excellencies the Ministers, and on the Armenian side, members of the official delegation accompanying the President attended the meeting.
Charges have been brought against 5 of the 10 prisoners of war who were returned to Armenia on December 4, and the motion to arrest them has been filed with the court. This is what Spokesperson of the Investigative Committee of Armenia Vardan Tadevosyan said during a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to the Investigative Committee, the servicemen are charged with violating the rules for on-duty combat service or combat service that caused heavy consequences.
The spokesperson also informed that the Investigative Committee is currently considering the motions for arrest, and the court hearings are in progress.
On December 4, through Russia’s mediation, Azerbaijan transferred to Armenia 10 Armenian servicemen who were captured during the battles that took place in the eastern direction of the border of Armenia (the servicemen were transferred to Yerevan via a plane by former commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh, Deputy Commander of the Southern Military Okrug of the Russian Armed Forces, General Rustam Muradov).
Earlier, on November 23, during an online press conference, Nikol Pashinyan declared that there are criminal cases launched and it is necessary to clarify the circumstances behind each case of capture.
YEREVAN, December 10. /TASS/. The Armenian Defense Ministry has said that Azerbaijan’s armed forces on Friday tried to carry out an attack towards the Armenian army’s positions on the eastern section of the border.
"At about 12:00 (11:00 Moscow time) on December 10 Azerbaijani forces attacked Armenian positions on the eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. As a result of retaliatory measures by the Armenian side the enemy sustained losses in manpower and was forced to retreat to the initial positions. The fire exchange is continuing at the moment," the Armenian Defense Ministry said.
Tensions on this section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remain for a second day running. On Thursday morning, the Armenian Defense Ministry said Armenian forces had come under fire on the eastern section of the border from Azerbaijan.
Fierce clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces took place in the border districts of Armenia’s Syunik Region on November 16. Yerevan said the Azerbaijani military had launched an offensive into Armenian territory. The road connecting the country’s capital with southern regions and Iran was under threat. Baku blamed the incident on Armenia, accusing the Armenian armed forces of a provocation. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Armenian troops had attacked Azerbaijani military posts.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has held telephone conversations with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts. The Russian Defense Ministry’s press-service said the Azerbaijani and Armenian defense minsters later took measures to stabilize the situation.
Artsakh has reported a record number of 178 births in November.
“This is a record number compared to the previous months and is the closest to the pre-war figures,” President Arayik Harutyunyan said in a Facebook post on Friday.
“The true guarantee of our success is demographic growth,” he said, adding that his government will spare no effort to promote population growth through various programs.
A total of 1,614 babies, including 818 boys and 796 girls, were born in Artsakh in 2020. 1,389 of the babies were born in Stepanakert.